I’m not sure if it’s up on the website yet, but the NME has picked Queens Of The Stone Age’s Rated R as its album of the year. Now, Rated R is not a great album – it rocks along in a fun way, but the hooky promise of the best […]

The Freaky Trigger Pop Music Focus Group, November 2000: why oh why do I do this to myself? Anyway, here we are – thirty-six pages of commentary, critiques, and crudities on the last six months’ singles. Swearier than ever! Thanks to ever[…]

It’s the most talked-about feature on Freaky Trigger: Am I Cool Or Not? is back with its fourth brave/vain/idiotic/delete-as-neccessary pop kid for you to analyse, taste-wise. I’ll sort out the archives soon for latecomers.[…]

The Onion’s A.V.Club is always an interesting read, though with such a high-brow and snobbist tendancy that you certainly would not take anything they say without a pinch of salt. That said, they do revel in talking about bad things. After last[…]

I am a bit narked with the estimable DJ Martian (archives not working so you’ll have to scroll down). First of all he hypes his end-of-year list on the forum about five lengthy times and then doesn’t get it up, but more importantly he pos[…]

When William Orbit produced Ray Of Light, everyone I knew thought it was a bit of a chore – far more embarrassing than Maddy going techno was Orbit trying to recover his electronic touch after years spent cranking out flabby ambient wishwash. S[…]

I’m not sure this guy uses “atonal” and “ambient” the same way i do.[…]

The ultimate Jason Dean fansite, devoted to the Christian Slater character from Heathers, features penetrating psychoanalyses of the character. Don’t forget to sign Heather’s suicide note.[…]

Eminem voted Christmas favourite: note misuse of word “coveted” in first sentence. Note also 2% of UK population certifiably insane for voting for Craig Phillips.[…]

Melody Maker to merge with NME – and it’s all our fault. “The magazine’s publisher IPC said increasing competition from music sites on the internet had prompted the decision” – well, OK, maybe they’re not pre[…]